Shannon and the Clams - Sleep Talk

I have been enjoying the new series Record Rooms from Canada on Youtube. The host is an avid punk collector and musician. What I enjoy about this series is most of his connections have a punk influence from local bands which is a bit different from some of the other crate digger features. Their love for power pop punk and garage got me thinking I haven’t listened to the genre for awhile. I use to spin a lot of it for our radio show and vinyl nights. I prefer my power pop punk to be female fronted generally. I’m a sucker that retro 60’s girl group / bubblegum tinge that was very popular in the late 2000’s.

A favourite from that era is queercore outfit Hunx and His Punx. Shannon Shaw was a member of the band and doing her own thing Shannon and the Clams. That’s how I discovered this. Shannon looks like she’s stepped out of a John Waters movie, whilst she shreds over a guitar, and her voice (similar to Wanda Jackson) growls or soothes depending on the tune. This is the only release of theirs I own. The others get a bit to samey for me, despite how much I love the sound. Discogs tells me I bought this in 2013 for $24 and was my first Discogs purchase.

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